[ 2016-11-18 ]

NPP welcomes IPP’s support
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has welcomed the
announcement by the Independent People’s Party
(IPP) to support its flag bearer Nana Akufo-Addo
for president in the December polls.

Speaking to Class News, Mr Yaw Buabeng Asamoah,
aide to Nana Akufo-Addo, said it was welcome
news.

“This election is turning out to be not about
individual parties but about the nature of the
development, the nature of the way forward that we
need to develop collectively as a country. Many in
the country are looking for change through Nana
Akufo-Addo so we expect qualitative changes in the
way we run our government, qualitative changes to
the outcome we expect from government and, so,
I’m happy with people coming out to say they
want to support Nana Akufo-Addo in this national
collective effort,” Mr Asamoah said adding that:
“Whatever weight the IPP has will definitely
inure to the benefit of the NPP”.

Speaking at a news conference in Accra on
Thursday, 17 November, Mr Akpaloo said the IPP was
supporting Mr Akufo-Addo because the NPP has
agreed to implement some polices in the IPP’s
manifesto should it win the polls.

“Though we are a new party, if you give us the
opportunity we will be able to transform Ghana but
[for this year’s election] we don’t want to
shelve those ideas. …As a party, when it comes
to job creation we believe we have fantastic ideas
and also putting money into people’s pocket with
child benefits and unemployment benefits. So we
decided to speak to the political parties and one
party gave us the opportunity to help them and
[and in return] they will implement this idea,”
he stated.

Mr Akpaloo was quick to add that: “It doesn’t
mean we are going to be part of the party, we are
helping the party now to win power and after 2016,
we re-organise our party and move on”.

“The party we agreed to work with is also
preaching jobs… and this party is the New
Patriotic Party whose presidential candidate is
Nana Akufo-Addo. So the executives of IPP are
ready to work with that party to do the necessary
campaign to capture power,” he stated.

This is the second time a disqualified aspirant
has openly declared support for the NPP flag
bearer ahead of the crucial polls.

The first was Akwasi Addai Odike, flag bearer of
the United Progressive Party (UPP), who is also
backing Nana Akufo-Addo to become president after
the December polls.

Source - Classfmonline

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